Two-Way Wireless Charging and Larger Batteries Coming to 2019 iPhones

[billybobfred]

This seems like the most pointless feature to offer on a phone. Does anybody actually want this?? Why not just buy a wireless charger? It would be much quicker and more efficient. I don't see any valid use cases for this tech.

 

[Analog Kid]

So what happens when you put 2 iPhone11's back to back?

Time travel.

 

[Glockworkorange]

Since I’m fine with the non-wireless charging case for my AirPods, what am I supposed to do with this? Won’t work for the watch, will it?

 

[BarrettF77]

You are currently on a rumor site. They are going to post rumors.

I don’t need the rumor posted as a daily or weekly reminder. That is redundant and unhelpful.

The purpose is to helpful, not like my child and say the same thing every five minutes.

 

[centauratlas]

So what happens when you put 2 iPhone11's back to back?

One charges the other until they reach equilibrium of charges.

 

[Pepe4life]

This will be useful for charging my AirPods on the go, other than that, meh.

 

[EugW]

April Fools or not...

Just lower the damn price already!

 

[DNichter]

This could be pretty cool. Charge your iPhone on a qi charger overnight, and put your AirPods on top.

This wouldn't work, I don't think. It can only charge from the back of the phone.

 

[Morgenland]

I realize that true progress can hardly be stopped.

Also on the first of April.

 

[Glockworkorange]

This seems like the most pointless feature to offer on a phone. Does anybody actually want this?? Why not just buy a wireless charger? It would be much quicker and more efficient. I don't see any valid use cases for this tech.

It’s a bullet point for the keynote.

Reverse charging, third camera, faster chip and improved FaceID (gen 2) is probably what we will get, along with a night sight kind of mode for the camera.

I can wait for the redesign.

 

[I7guy]

This seems like the most pointless feature to offer on a phone. Does anybody actually want this?? Why not just buy a wireless charger? It would be much quicker and more efficient. I don't see any valid use cases for this tech.

Android has this feature, so there must be some valid use cases.

 

[sundog925]

Let me propose we stop posing the same story over and over again like we did with Airpower.

That was wrong, this is just a guess and we don't need to be told 8 times it's coming but from someone else. I think everyone is burned out from the results after airpower. Apple has a long way to go before regaining a lot of our confidence in things.

Cue the "then why are you visiting a rumors website" replies.

 

[DotCom2]

This could be pretty cool. Charge your iPhone on a qi charger overnight, and put your AirPods on top.

Ummmmm no. My phone rings in the middle of the night and I go to pick it up and there goes my AirPods case under the bed. <s>
jk

 

[Greymacuser]

Pull the other one.

 

[alexandr]

So what happens when you put 2 iPhone11's back to back?

they will catch fire.

 

[benshive]

This could be pretty cool. Charge your iPhone on a qi charger overnight, and put your AirPods on top.

The devices will probably need to be placed on the back of the phone so this probably won't work. It'd be pretty awesome though.

 

[bbednarz]

I don’t need the rumor posted as a daily or weekly reminder. That is redundant and unhelpful.

The purpose is to helpful, not like my child and say the same thing every five minutes.

Read the post then. This is based off of information that came out today.

 

[coachgq]

So what happens when you put 2 iPhone11's back to back?

Space-time continuum scenario. Doc Brown would suggest you don’t do it.

 

[rosegoldoli]

Cue the "then why are you visiting a rumors website" replies.

but seriously...why are they?

 

[benshive]

So what happens when you put 2 iPhone11's back to back?

A wormhole is created and your phone is immediately transported to another set of charging phones.

 

[mi7chy]

This seems like the most pointless feature to offer on a phone. Does anybody actually want this?? Why not just buy a wireless charger? It would be much quicker and more efficient. I don't see any valid use cases for this tech.

It's handy for traveling light since you only need to bring one charger to charge everything (phone, watch, airpods) instead of multiple chargers.

 

[pika2000]

What happen if we put a phone capable of reverse charging on another phone that can do that as well. Will both be recharging each other? Or is it like crossing the streams?

 

[forerunnerg34]

So what happens when you put 2 iPhone11's back to back?

The same as if you put S10 back to back, nothing unless you enable reverse charging in one of them.

 

[DeeGee48]

Another reason to cancel AirPower! Just sell the new iPhone instead!

 

[realtuner]

Android has this feature, so there must be some valid use cases.

The only valid use case that will come out of that fact is so Android users can say “we had it first, Apple is just copying.”


Charging AirPods makes sense. Charging another phone is just stupid.